ENCYCLOPEDIAS Synonyms

• a publication containing a variety of works

• a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work

• a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

• a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location

• a language user's knowledge of words

• a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

• of or relating to the hands

• requiring human effort

• a small handbook

• (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle

• doing or requiring physical work

• a remark that calls attention to something or someone

• a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

• an indicator that orients you generally

• a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts

• a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

• the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to

• the act of referring or consulting

• a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

• (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

• the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to

• refer to

• a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty

• a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty

• a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty